Of course, Oracle Clusterware is certified on OL8/RHEL8 as well

To be very honest, when I posted a few days ago, Oracle Database 19c is certified on OL8/RHEL8 I didn’t check for the Oracle Clusterware (OCW) certification. I blindly assumed that this is the case. But from comments and discussions on twitter, I realized it may be necessary to point this out explicitly to avoid confusion. Even though my fellow mate, RAC Product Manager Anil Nair has pointed it out already many times: Of course, Oracle Clusterware is certified on OL8/RHEL8 as well.

Of course, Oracle Clusterware is certified on OL8/RHEL8 as well

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Find it on MOS

Your source for certification information for Oracle products is MyOracle Support. Hit the “Certification” tab.

Of course, Oracle Clusterware is certified on OL8/RHEL8 as well

As you see, there is a separate ProductOracle Clusterware“. And once you choose “19.0.0.0.0” as Release, you will get the Platform options OL8 (marked blue) and RHEL8 (two lines above OL8).

Of course, Oracle Clusterware is certified on OL8/RHEL8 as well

So yes, you can have OCW 19c on OL8 and RHEL8. And the fine print says:

  • For OL8, it has to be Update 1 or newer (i.e. 8.1, 8.2 etc)
  • Minimum RU is 19.7.0
  • Minimum kernel versions:
    • Oracle Linux 8.1 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 6: 5.4.17-2011.0.7.el8uek.x86_64 or later,
      or
    • Oracle Linux 8.0 with the Red Hat Compatible kernel: 4.18.0-80.el8.x86_64 or later

Of course, Oracle Clusterware is certified on OL8/RHEL8 as well

And some people really tested it right away πŸ™‚ Very cool!

Important Patches

For important patches, please find this section in the Oracle Documentation:

ASMLIB and ASMFD on OL8, RHEL8 and SUSE SLES

Please visit this MOS Note 1369107.1 – ACFS Support On OS Platforms (Certification Matrix), and scroll dooooooown to Note 1 – ACFS support for new OS updates.

There you will find several bug numbers specified. This means, depending on your kernel/version, you will need to request request via an SR a BLR for the specific bug numbers listed in the notes. Then a patch will be produced and provided via download.

Important Annotation – Oct 1, 2021

Based on a discussion and a call with Anil Nair, PM for RAC and ASM, I’d like to add the following links:

which is a must-read for you when you don’t use Oracle Linux but instead, RHEL or SLES. There are certain dependencies and requirements you must follow. And the note explains all this regarding the ASMFD.

Further Information and Links:

–Mike

 

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